Sunday, April 01, 2007

So there is this volcano I kept seeing whenever I would fly into Banda Aceh. and I would look at it and think "I got to climb it!". So when I heard some of the guys were planning on doing just that, I was sooo in!

Mt. Seulawah sits in northeast Aceh at an elevation of 1860m (6102ft). From Banda Aceh, it looks like a perfect conical volcano, but up close it isn't, as so as many things in our lives!

The trek starts just outside of the town of Saree at only 600m (1968ft), so it was quit a climb to the top, and being in jungle the whole time made it tricky and slippery.

The only thing I would like to ask for, is a volcanic eruption, just a small one, so it'd incinerate all the vegetation on the summit, so we would have a view! But I guess Aceh has gone through enough already.

sign at the start of the trek

Lisa with her high socks. she pulled them over her pant legs to keep out the leeches!

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I'm a structural engineer born and raised in California's Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay Area). I've worked in structural and seismic engineering from California, Indonesia, Afghanistan, New Zealand and finally Costa Rica. Currently, my wife and I are living in San José working on a USAID/OFDA project preparing the city and central government on responding to a major urban earthquake.